Cabinet



Feb. 4, 1930.

B. ADAMS CABINET Filed Sept. 25. 1928 INVENTQR d W Patented Feb. 4, 1930BOYD ADAMS, 01" IPJ ZTTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA CABINET Application filedSeptember 25, 1928. Serial No. 308,170.

My invention relates to cabinets, and while primarily intended as adecorative bathroom case for storing medicinal and toilet articles, itwill be obvious that the device may be employed for any purposes whereinit is found to be applicable;

Important objects of this invention are to provide a cabinet of the typedescribed, 1n a manner as hereinafter referred'to, which has a removablerack, having concealed chambers, which embodies a plurality oftransparent panels for displaying articles stored therein, which issimple in'its construction and arrangement, strong, durable andefiicient in its use, attractive in appearance and comparativelyinexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and otherobjects in view, which will appearas thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of'parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention hereinafter disclosedcan be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I

In the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views Figure 1 is a frontelevational view of my improved cabinet with one of the side doors inthe open position.

Figure 2 is a side view thereof.

Figure 3 is a-rear elevation of the cabinet with the'rear door in theopen position.

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the rack.

A Figure 5 is a side view of the rack.

Figure 6 is a sectional view on line VI-VI,

Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a top plan view of the cabinet bottom.

Referring in detail to the drawing 1 denotes a case or body portioncomprising a sloping top 2, a front wallv3, a back wall 4, a pair ofside walls 5, and a bottom 6.

The front wall 3 is provided with a hinged door 7 having a mirror 8,embedded therein. The front wall 3 is further provided with atransparent panel 9 disposed horizontally above the front door 7, andwith a pair of transparent panels 10 disposed vertically alongrespective sides of the front door 7.

Each side of the body portion 1 is provided with a hinged door 11 havinga transparent panel 12. The back wall 4 is provided with two hingeddoors, respectively in-. dicated at 13 and 14.

The front wall 3, adjacent to its upper end, is formed with an apertureprovided for 0 the reception of any suitable ornamentation adaptablethereto, for instance, a clock 15, as shown in Figure 1, of the drawing.The door 14 of the back wall 4, is comparatively small and is providedto allow the insertion 6 of the hand onto the case 1 to wind the clock15, or to secure the latter or other substitute ornamentation inposition to the front wall 3.

A rack 16 is removably mounted in the body portion 1, and'consists of aplurality of spaced super-imposed horizontally extending shelves 17which are connected together and carried by the vertical supports 18. Apair of supports 18 are disposed on respective front and rear sides ofthe shelves 16 and are spaced from the ends of the shelves 17.

The lower ends of the supports 18 are provided with casters 19, whichengage in the grooves 20 formed in the upper face of the bottom 6,adjacent to respective side edges of 89 the latter. The grooves 20 areof a length commensurate to the distance between the casters 19 carriedby each pair of supports 18 on'respective sides of the shelves 17. Whenthe casters 19 are engaged in the grooves 20 the rack 16 will bemaintained against longitudinal and lateral movement in the body portion 1. The supports 18 carry fixed handles 21, which are disposedbelowthe lowest of the shelves 17 The handles 21 together with theengagement of the casters 19 in the bot-, tom grooves 20 facilitate theremoval of the rack16 from the body portion 1 or its replacement thereinthrough either of the side doors 11.

A vertically'extending longitudinally disposed side partition 22 isfixed between ad-- j acent shelves 17 The partitions 22 are spaced fromthe ends of the shelves 17. Rearwardly disposed end partitions 23 extendfrom the ends of the side partitions 22 to the rear edges of therespective shelves 17. Each side partition 22 with respective endpartitions 23 provides a concealed chamber 24, between adjacent shelves17.

The rear door 13 is commensurate to that portion of the rack shelving 17which is provided with the side and end partitions 22 and 23, and isprovided to allow entrance to the chambers 24.

' When the shelves 17 are filled with articles for use or display, thepartitions 22 and 23 are not discernible through the various transparentpanels of the doors and walls of the body portion, thereby providingchambers suitable for storing articles that are intended to beconcealed. r

The back wall 4 is provided with a pair of hinges 25, which are adaptedfor connecting and supporting my improved cabinet against a wallstructure. Such hinged connection ermits the cabinet to be swungoutwardly from the wall structure to allow access to the cabinet throughthe rear door 13.

What I claim is:

In combination, a cabinet of the character described comprising a caseadapted to being hingedly supported in position, a rack removablymounted in said case and providing a plurality of shelves,

hingedly joined to each side of said case and providing access torespective shelves, said rack being provided with casters facilitatingits removal from said case and its replacement in the latter, in" formedwith grooves having closed ends, said casters engaging respectivegrooves for maintaining said rack in position in said case.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

' BOYD ADAMS.

4 said shelves respec- I tively opening to all sides of said case, adoor r the bottom of said case be--

